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minus-squareLaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down3·2 months agoDo I even want to know what a pajeet is?
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down2·2 months agoYou probably don’t. I looked it up after not hearing the term before. Tap for spoiler It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
minus-squareLaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·2 months agoSadly I assumed correctly
minus-squareBeNotAfraid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·2 months agoIt’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down7·2 months agoAccording to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoYa gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 months agoTell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoFrom the wiki: The implication makes fun of a typical Indian male’s name. Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd what does it say right above that? An invented term for a South Asian person. And from CubitOom’s link: An invented Indian-sounding given name And from the sources cited on Wikipedia: a derogatory made-up Indian name originating on 4chan in 2015 First seen on 4Chan, The term “pajeet” is an ethnic slur, coined as a derisive imitation of Indian names
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSo is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down5·2 months agoAnti-South Asian/antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory term
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoAntisemitic…? It’s just a general racist term towards Indians
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months ago“Great Replacement” conspiracy theory relies on the idea that elites, Jews (a diffuse entity) are organising the ‘replacing’.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYes, but the term “pajeet” isn’t linked to that afaik, other than that people who support that theory are racists and racists use the term “pajeet”.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s an Indian, from India. Not Native American.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoRacist word towards Indians
Do I even want to know what a pajeet is?
You probably don’t.
I looked it up after not hearing the term before.
Tap for spoiler
It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
Sadly I assumed correctly
It’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
According to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
Tell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
From the wiki:
Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
And what does it say right above that?
And from CubitOom’s link:
And from the sources cited on Wikipedia:
It is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.
So is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
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Anti-South Asian/antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory term
Antisemitic…? It’s just a general racist term towards Indians
“Great Replacement” conspiracy theory relies on the idea that elites, Jews (a diffuse entity) are organising the ‘replacing’.
Yes, but the term “pajeet” isn’t linked to that afaik, other than that people who support that theory are racists and racists use the term “pajeet”.
It’s an Indian, from India. Not Native American.
Racist word towards Indians